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Careers

What Can I Do with a French Major?

There are many post-graduate opportunities for French majors. Each year, several majors return to France to work as an English Language Assistant in a French school. Others spend one or two years working for an organization such as Teach For America, AmeriCorps, or the Peace Corps before attending graduate school or beginning a career. Recent graduates have gone into the following professions:

Foreign Service, US Chargé d’Affaire (French and Political Science)

Postdoctoral fellow, Institut Pasteur, Paris (French and Biology)

Author (French and East Asian Studies)

Senior Corporate Attorney (French and Political Science)

International Relations (French and Political Science)

International opera performer (French and Music)

Coordinator of Tour Programs, National Archives (French and History)

Medical School (French and Biochemistry; French and Biology)

Medical researcher (French and Biochemistry; French and Biology)

Assistant to art gallery director (French and Art History)

Museum Curator (French and Anthropology)

International Trade (French and History)

Program Manager, international NGO (French and Political Science)

Politician (French and Political Science)

Ethical investment partner (French)

High school teacher (French)

Peace Corps (French)

Consultant, International Finance Corporation (French and Economics)

University professor (French)

Lawyer (French; French and History; French and Political Science)

Public Health (French and Biology)

Social Work (French)

Architect (French and Mathematics)

Editor (French)

International MBA (French; French and Economics)

Speech pathologist (French)

Translator (French and Russian)

Librarian (French and English)

International Education (French)

Cosmetics industry, l’Oréal (French and Chemistry)

Booking agent for rap groups, bands, and deejays (French)

Producer, public radio (French)

Professor of French and Theater (French and Theater)

Senior Information Architect (French and Psychology)

Logistician for Médecins sans Frontières (French and Political Science)

US Department of Agriculture, Africa and Middle East Division (French and History)